a plane carrying another batch of china-donated sinovac covid-19 vaccine arrived in the capital of cambodia on tuesday amid the country's booster shots vaccination drive.
the arrival of the new batch was livestreamed on cambodian prime minister samdech techo hun sen's official facebook page, the state-run national television of cambodia (tvk), and the country's online news provider fresh news.
ministry of health secretary of state yok sambath and wu guoquan, economic and commercial counselor of the chinese embassy in cambodia, welcomed the arrival at the phnom penh international airport.
sambath expressed her profound gratitude to china, saying that the new donation was another testament to the ironclad friendship between cambodia and china.
to date, cambodia has administered one dose of covid-19 vaccines to 14.8 million people, or 92.5 percent of its 16-million population, the ministry of health said.
with its high vaccination rates, cambodia has fully resumed its socio-economic activities and reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers without quarantine since november last year.
